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Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell - 26 Jan 2007 12:23 GMT

I know it's possible to print a sheet of address labels from Outlook, BUT is
it possible to do the reverse? I have a sheet of address labels I'd like to
*import into Outlook*...

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

C.

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Brian Tillman - 26 Jan 2007 13:45 GMT

> I know it's possible to print a sheet of address labels from Outlook,
> BUT is it possible to do the reverse? I have a sheet of address
> labels I'd like to *import into Outlook*...

If you have some Optical Character Recognition software available to you to
can scan the paper and convert the characters into data the PC can recognize
as text, it's conceivable.

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Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell - 26 Jan 2007 14:42 GMT

Actually I already have it electronically... so how would I go about it in
that case? What I'm trying to avoid of course is having to copy and paste
572 names and addresses into Outlook individually, hence my trying to find
some sort of import mechanism...

Thanks again!

C.

>> I know it's possible to print a sheet of address labels from Outlook,
>> BUT is it possible to do the reverse? I have a sheet of address
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> to can scan the paper and convert the characters into data the PC can
> recognize as text, it's conceivable.

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Brian Tillman - 27 Jan 2007 20:56 GMT

> Actually I already have it electronically... so how would I go about
> it in that case? What I'm trying to avoid of course is having to copy
> and paste 572 names and addresses into Outlook individually, hence my
> trying to find some sort of import mechanism...

Depends on what form it is in. If it's a comma-separated values file, it
should be straightforward. Excel spreadsheets are also reasonable easy.
Other formats may be more difficult, but until you let us know the format,
we can't say for sure.

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Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell - 27 Jan 2007 22:41 GMT

Sorry 'bout that!

I used the Word template from Avery for their 5162 mailing labels ... so
it's a type of table I guess... each label is in a cell like this:

First and Last Name
School Name
Address
City, Province Postal Code

There... hope that helps!

C.

>> Actually I already have it electronically... so how would I go about
>> it in that case? What I'm trying to avoid of course is having to copy
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> Other formats may be more difficult, but until you let us know the format,
> we can't say for sure.

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Brian Tillman - 29 Jan 2007 13:16 GMT

> I used the Word template from Avery for their 5162 mailing labels ...
> so it's a type of table I guess... each label is in a cell like this:

As far as I know, Outlook cannot import directly from a Word document.
You'll have to convert it to a file that Outlook can handle. In Outlook
click FIle>Import and Export>Import from another program or file>Next and
read the various types of files Outlook can handle. Then massage your Word
document into one of these formats.

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Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell - 30 Jan 2007 18:58 GMT

Thanks again! I'll give that a shot...
C.

>> I used the Word template from Avery for their 5162 mailing labels ...
>> so it's a type of table I guess... each label is in a cell like this:
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> read the various types of files Outlook can handle. Then massage your
> Word document into one of these formats.

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